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New Year's Free Style Dig
For your pleasure here are a few pictures from a recent New Year's dig Hey Rick. Anonymous here,Went to a permission that changed their mind. Knocked on a door... Got a permish. Probed a hole right off...
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What They Found Inside The Sunken Remains Of A 150-Year-Old Steamboat Is Still Edible In 1856, the Steamboat Arabia left the banks of Kansas City on a routine supply trip up the Missouri River. Onboard...
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The Jefferson State Bottle Show Still Lives!
A Fresh Start The look was mirrored on both of their faces; a combination of frustration and despair. Their good fortune had run out.Nearly fifteen years prior, the world had been their oyster,...
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From a Peachridge Glass Post
Celebrated Crown Bitters – F. Chevalier Sole Agent Ferd, here are a few photographs of the “CELEBRATED CROWN BITTERS.” In the January-February issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS there was a great article on...
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FOHBC 2016 National Antique Bottle Convention and Expo Shootout
2016 Sacramento Shootout Bottle Competition NewsThe Sacramento Shootout bottle competition will be held at the FOHBC 2016 National Antique Bottle Show & Expo in Sacramento, California after the...
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Celebrated Crown Bitters
Here's a nice light Celebrated Crown Bitters Thanks to Richard Dotson for the submission.Its a beauty - rs -
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Victory Jar
Here is a great western jar that comes in many colors. I have seen cornflower blue and green examples, but have also heard rumors of an amber example known to exist. Is that true ? Based on the below...
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Whiskey or Candy
I see them on a lot of sale tables at the bottle shows and I have always wondered if these revolver shaped bottles originally held whiskey or candy.Has anyone ever seen one with an original whiskey label?
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Ken Salazar Passes
From John O'NeillRick,Attached is a painting I recently acquired entitled forest burial. It just seems appropriate in memory of my long time friend Ken Salazar who passed away Tuesday after an extended...
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The Western Bottle Community lost another important member in Janet Bond. Janet enjoyed collecting antiques. Her favorites were antique bottles and glass insulators. She belonged to the Golden Gate...
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Oakland GlassWorks-OGW Revisited
Here is a nasty crude quart size ammonia. These have become a collecting category in themselves and a beautiful collection can be assembled representing virtually every western glass color in...
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The Good Old Days
Hey Rick. I just found some of my old bottle magazines and decided to read through a few. Apparently a Cassin's was dug and was submitted for some information. While damaged, the appraisal was $85-$125...
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Ken Salazar- Bottle Diggers’ Hall of Fame - FriendI first met Ken on a fresh lot in Suisun City, about 1975, when I was just getting started with the digging part of bottle collecting. He used to dig...
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Oregon's Rarest Blob Soda- H.D. Albany, O.
California has some beautiful and rare western blown blob soda's. I know of none from the State of Washington, and of the handful of Oregon blobs, the H.D. Albany ranks at or near the top of the short...
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Chico Bottle Club 50th Annual Show and Sale
Friday and Saturday March 11th - 12th 2016 at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, Fair Street Chico, California 95928 Friday March 11, set up 10am to 7pm Early Admission $5.00Saturday March 12, 9am to 4pm...
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OGW Bitters
Here is a recent find, a nice light OGW square. I have personally only seen OGW squares in dark reddish amber, straight amber, and now this light honey color. Has anyone ever seen a green one ?Two OGW...
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OGW from the Mud
Rick,I noticed you've been showing various OGW bottles on your blog site. Here's a couple photos of an OGW flask I found in an embankment along the shoreline of San Pablo Bay. Once cleaned of mud, it...
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Outstanding OGW from Arizona
Here's a beautiful golden yellow half pint OGW that found its way to Arizona. Just thought you guys might want to see it. Kelly P. I agree Kelly, that's one beautiful OGW flask.....Those Miller's in...
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OGW Demijohn.
Here is my OGW demijohn in a light pink hue. hard to make out the OGW on the base but it is there.
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